Month Published: November, 2019

Thoughts about the strength, vitality and growth of our community.

HOW DO WE GET THERE FROM HERE?

In a comment to one of my essays in this series, my friend Paul said this: “No quarrel from me with the abstract notion that a ...
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THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving 1819 Central Connecticut, November 1819: The crops have been harvested and the fall canning is under way. Father is hurrying to finish repairs to house ...
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BUFFALO WANTS ME BACK

As some of you know, I was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. I haven’t lived there for nearly 50 years, but due to an ...
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WHY ONE LARGE CITY GOVERNMENT WOULD BE BETTER

The Human Cultural Laboratory Would the Hartford region be better off with one large core city of, say, 300,000 people than the current municipal structure of ...
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LET’S FACE IT

Did you see the New York Times article the other day about how Tulsa has proposed to divide its school system into several separate, free-standing school ...
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